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Systemic and Family Psychotherapist

East London NHS Foundation Trust

London, E9 5TD £66,274 – £73,496 a year Permanent Posted 1 September 2026 Apply by 14 September 2026

Home Office register entry: East London NHS Foundation Trust, London

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Role description

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Systemic Family Psychotherapist to join our innovative Systemic Family Therapy Service in the Forensic Directorate. The post holder will join a team of Systemic Family Psychotherapists who work across Medium and Low Secure units and Forensic Outreach team, ELCFS (The East London Community Forensic Service).

The post holder will deliver specialist systemic interventions to service users referred to the Family Therapy Service. This will involve providing assessment and psychotherapy to service users, their families, and to other non-professional carers. The post involves offering in-reach services to service users approaching discharge, working with inpatient wards, community teams, service users and their families.

This is a part-time post and the successful candidate will be working across in-patient services and the community outreach team, ELCFS (The East London Community Forensic Service). ELCFS is multidisciplinary service, for service users in the process of and following discharge from the Forensic inpatient service.

This role is ideally suited to experienced Band 8A and Band 7 Systemic Family Psychotherapists who are seeking to advance their careers within a dynamic and innovative environment.

Main duties of the job

Provision of specialist systemic and family psychotherapy services to service users and their families and /or carers within an inpatient setting and in the community.
To offer inreach services to service users approaching discharge, working with inpatient wards and community teams.
Facilitating systemic case discussions, co-leading formulation meetings, and actively participating in Risk meetings and seclusion reviews.
Providing systemic consultation for service user management, offering supervision, training, and guidance on psychological care.
To contribute to and participate in the teaching and training of staff members of the MDT in the community and inpatient settings on the principles of systemic psychotherapy. This is through methods such as offering live supervision in the family therapy clinic, joint work modelling systemic psychotherapy and teaching and training across the forensic directorate and to partners where appropriate (e.g. accommodation providers).
To contribute to service wide innovations, representing systemic family therapy (E.g. Trauma Informed care service, Inequality and Diversity Forum, Carer's forum, Recovery College for Carers).
To contribute and meet ELFT's Carer's Strategy, offering staff training, systemic consultation and supervision across the inpatients and community services, to be aware of carers and engage with carers effectively

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Date posted

01 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£66,274 to £73,496 a year per annum pro rata Inc HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

363-FOR8250583

Job locations

John Howard Centre

12 Kenworthy Road

London

E9 5TD

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please consult the attached job description and person specification associated with the vacancy profile of this advertisement.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

AFT accredited course
UKCP registration

Desirable

Forensic Experience

Experience

Essential

Systemic work with individuals and families

Desirable

Supervision experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.